Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 10:18:32 +0200 From: Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org> To: Christopher Nehren <apeiron@comcast.net> Cc: FreeBSD Ports List <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Anyone mind to host an optional patch for a new port? Message-ID: <20040523081832.GD67736@droso.net> In-Reply-To: <20040523073152.GA41861@prophecy.dyndns.org> References: <20040523073152.GA41861@prophecy.dyndns.org>
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--HG+GLK89HZ1zG0kk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 03:31:52AM -0400, Christopher Nehren wrote: > I'm currently working on making a port of PLP (http://plp.juerd.nl) and > I have an optional, experimental patch that allows PLP to work with > mod_perl 2.x via its compatibility interface. Due to the highly > experimental nature of the patch, I don't want to include it as a > standard patch and want it to be specified as optional. From my > understanding of bsd.port.mk and from glancing at other ports > (mutt-devel helped me a lot), it appears that such patches need to be > retrieved from a remote site. I don't have the resources with which to > host this patch, so does anyone volunteer to host it? Or is there some > convenient port magic that I've missed that would allow me to store it > in files/ (which makes more sense to me, anyway -- obviates the > possibility of the patch going bye-bye when a server goes offline) ? > Thanks to anyone in advance, whether you offer a home for my patch or a > workaround. >=20 You can just put it in files/ with a name that doesn't start with patch- and use EXTRA_PATCHES. Have a look at how e.g. textproc/p5-Text-RecordParser does it. Good luck, -erwin --=20 _._ _,-'""`-._ Erwin Lansing (,-.`._,'( |\`-/| erwin@lansing.dk http://droso.org `-.-' \ )-`( , o o) erwin@FreeBSD.org -bf- `- \`_`"'- --HG+GLK89HZ1zG0kk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAsF5Yqy9aWxUlaZARAjrLAJ4uhcOon/JZf8VwfFS0Y3W1Hf7YgQCglvmO 81TJXLVkkKHkt8IXkY8Mt1g= =66xd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HG+GLK89HZ1zG0kk--
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